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The Foundation of the National Lipid Association (FNLA) supports patient and clinician educational, research, and community outreach activities that enhance and support the initiatives of the NLA in its efforts to reduce cardiovascular events and deaths related to abnormalities of cholesterol metabolism.
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Pamela Morris, MD, is currently an associate professor at the Medical University of South Carolina where she serves as director of the Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program and co- director of Women’s Heart Care. She is also the chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Council and Section.
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Co-Director, Women’s Heart Care
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
“What a day that was” – David Byrne, Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
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Secretary, National Lipid Association
Medical Director/President
Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Louisville, KY
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Case:
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University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
When treating our lipid patients it is important to always consider unusual causes of dyslipidemia in our differential diagnosis.
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DNP Post-Master’s Director
University of South Florida, College of Nursing
Bradenton, FL
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
This is the case of a 68-year-old white female who was being seen in her home in August 2014 as part of a health evaluation for her insurance company. She had a history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. She had been placed on atorvastatin five years prior to this visit and developed significant myalgia with an elevation in her creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level to 250 mg/dL per patient.
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Founder, MIMA Century Research
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medical Education
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Melbourne, FL
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Primary and Interim Care
Veterans Health Administration
Orlando VA Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic
Viera, FL
Sitosterolemia is a rare, autosomal, recessively inherited sterol storage disease caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous gene mutations of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) genes G5 or G8, in which markedly increased tissue and plasma plant sterol concentrations. The condition can lead to premature atherosclerosis and has also been described as phytosterolemia and Beta-Sitosterolemia.1-4
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University of South Alabama, College of Nursing
Mobile, AL
Director/Founder
The Lipid Center at Cooper Family Medical Center
Pascagoula, MS
Diplomate, Accreditation Council of Clinical Lipidology
An exciting new approach to treating obesity and insulin resistance involves significant carbohydrate restriction with the goal of achieving a ketogenic state that results in weight loss and improved insulin sensitivity. Many lipidologists, however, have seen frequent cases of worsening lipid and lipoprotein parameters with such carbohydrate-restricted diets.
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Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Introduction
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Adult Nurse Practitioner
Bland County Medical Clinic
Bastian, VA
Diplomate, Accreditation Council of Clinical Lipidology
Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
Richmond, VA
Diplomate, Accreditation Council of Clinical Lipidology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Registered Nurse
Bland County Medical Clinic
Bastian, VA
This edition of the LipidSpin is an outstanding representation of how there is never a dull moment in the world of clinical lipidology. This SELA edition of LipidSpin has many outstanding lessons and insights nested within the various articles. As I read through this edition, two things stand out to me as highly noteworthy: collaboration and quality.
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University of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology